One of the world’s most used cross platform messaging service, Viber, has updated its iOS app. The update brings significant increase in performance as well as a host of new features.

Last week Viber was in the news for a different reason. Its database had been hacked its website had been defaced. Nevertheless, they fixed all of those problems in a very short amount of time. Today, Viber releases an updated version of its iOS app that brings many features that have been frequently requested by users.

With this new iOS app, Viber users can now send doodles or paint over a picture and then share it with their friends. The app also comes with support for the Viber Desktop app on Windows and Mac. A host of new emoticons have been added as well to further enhance the messaging experience. The ‘Seen’ feature is particularly useful, the app will now tell users if their messages have been seen by the recipient or not. There are also a number of important bug fixes included in this update.

The most important part of this update is the increase in performance. Viber says that the app offers significantly better messaging performance as opposed to its predecessor. If you’re in the dark about Viber, its a service that allows its users to make free VoIP calls and sending free messages over Wi-Fi.